Silver Screen Horses and their Singing Cowboys

Rex Allan (1920 – 1999) Last of the silver Screen Cowboys. Horse: Koko

Gene Austin (1900 – 1972) Horse: ????

Gene Autry (1907 – 1998) Horse: Champion Song: Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer

Bob Baker (1910 – 1975) Horse: Apache

Smith Ballew (1900 – 1984) Horse: Starlight, owned by Jack Perlin

Warner Baxter (1889 – 1951) played the Cisco Kid, Horse: ???? (1929 movie)

Johnny Bond (1915 – 1978) his band included the Red River Valley Boys (Wesley Tuttle and Jimmy Dean) Horse: He rode Gene Autry’s Horse Champion in front of McCory’s store in Texas as they Promoted their records.

Bill “Cowboy Rambler” Boyd (1910 – 1977) Frontier Mashals series Horse: Texas

Smiley Burnette (1911 -1967) played Frog millhouse in 50 Gene Autry films Horse: Ring Eye Nellie

Cass County Boys (Bert Dodson (1915-1994); Fred Martin (1916 - ); Jerry Scoggins (1911 – 2004). Jerry Scoggins, voice on the theme song for The Beverly Hillbillies TV show. Sang in Gene Autry movies and others with the Cowboys horses around.

Pancho Barnes (1st woman stunt aviator) and played an Indian in several movies. Horse: Lightening

Spade Cooley (1910-1969) Horse: Galla (with Cameron Mitchell)

Bing Crosby (1903 – 1977) Horse: owned the original Trigger, with Roy Rogers – the Smartest Horse in the World

Ken Curtis (1916-1991) one of the original Sons of the Pioneers, group that sang back up with Roy Rogers – Tumbling Tumbleweeds. Horse no but rode a Mule named Ruth in the Gunsmoke series Playing Fesstus Haggen

Art Davis (1913 – 1987) Horse:??????

Jimmie Davis (1899 – 2000) top selling recording artist and later became governor of Louisiana as a gospel singer and recoreded with Gene Autry, Jimmie Rodgers. Horse: Sunshine. Famous for the song “You are my Sunshine”

Eddie Dean (1907-1999) Horse: War Paint

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Jimmie Dodd (1910 – 1964) “A Cowboy Needs a Horse” was song by him for Disney. Horse: ??? Prior to singing and movies, Jimmie Dodd was a horse breaker and rodeo person and a Mousketeer.

Cliff Edwards (1895-1971) took over where the Sons of the Pioneers left off. Known as Ukulele Ike. He Loved Horse Racing and appreciated War Horses.

Dale Evans (1912-2001) Queen of the Cowgirl, Horse: Buttermilk “Happy Trails to You” and “The Bible Tells Me So” with Roy Rogers, the King of the Cowboys, side kick – Gabby Hayes.

Tex Fletcher (1909-1987) “Lonely Cowboy” from Six Gun Rhythm. Left handed guitar player. Horse:???

Dick Foran (1910-1979) known as the Singing Cowboy, “Moonlight on the Prairie” and “Song of the Saddle” Horse: Smoke

Jane Frazee (1918-1985) was in 5 Roy Roger films, but then replaced by Dale Evans, Roy Roger’s real-life wife as his co-star. Horse: ???? but worked with Trigger and Roy Roger’s dog Bullet

Kirby Grant (1911-1985) Song of Idaho and Singin Spurs. Known best as SKY KING Horse: An Airplane

Donald Grayson (1908-1958) Call of the Rockies (1938) - Horse: ???? sang Sunny Side of the Street

Tex Ritter (1905-1974) Horse: White Flash Roll Wagons Roll, many manyh songs High Noon 42 years as a singing cowboy.

Tito Guizar (1908-1999) The Llano Kid, movies with Roy Rogers and Trigger the Smartest Horse in the Movies

Monte Hall (1919- ) Horse:????

Tex Harding (1918-1981) The Durango Kid, Horse: Rider, a black and white paint

Hoosier Hot Shots: Ken Trietsch (1903-1987); Paul “Hezzie” Trietsch 91905-1980); Gabe Ward 91904- 1992); Jack Kettering (1909-1973) and Gil Taylor (1914-1981) Arkansas Swing and sang with other Cowboys- Kerby Grant, Ken Curtis, the Three Stooges, Gene Autry. Horse: ????

George Houston (1896-1944) Lone Rider Films – sang with Autry, Ritter and Rogers Horse: Lightening

Art Jarrett (1907-1987) Three Mesquiteers and Trigger Pals. Horse: ????

Herb Jeffries (1911- ) the Bronze Buckaroo Horse: Champion

John “Dusty” King (1909 -1987) the man form Arizona, Haunted Ranch and Charlie Chan in Honolulu.

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Horses: Silver/Silver King and Lucky/Tex (a paint horse) Fuzzy Knight (1901-1976) Trail of the Lonesome Pine, mountaineer Tater, sang Twilight on the Trail. Horse: Galla (same horse as previously mentioned for another singing cowboy.)

Ken Maynard (1895-1973) The fiddling Buckaroo and the Strawberry Roan and sang and starred with Gene Autry, the World’s Greatest Cowboy Singer. Horse: TARZAN

Red River Dave 91914 – 2002) stared with Jan Frazee and Kirby Grant (then Tex Williams) Horse: Pal

Vaughtn Monroe (1911-1973) known for Ballerina and Let It Snow! Let it Snow! And GHOST RIDERS IN THE SKY - Horse:?????

James Newill (1911-1975) - Renfrew fo the Royal Mounted worked with the Texas Ranger Series. Horse: Alamo

Dorthy Page (1904-1961) – the Singing Cowgirl, Horse: Joey

Andy Parker (1913-1977) and the Palinsmen Horse: worked with Trigger

Jack Randall (1906-1945) Riders of the Dawn, Horse: Rusty

Riders of the Purple Sage = horses all of the horses in the movies of Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Tex Ritter,

Marty Robbins (1925-1982) Guns of a Stranger, and many more. Song: El Paso Horse: ????

Roy Rogers, KING OF THE COWBOYS (1911-1988) Sang, made movies and TV. Horse: TRIGGER, Trigger, Jr, - original Trigger, Smartest Horse in Movies. “Don’t Fence Me in”

Cal Shrum (1910-1996) and his Rhythum Rangers Horse: ???

Fred Scott (1902-1992) “the Silvery-Voiced Buckaroo” Horse: White Dust

Penny Singleton (1908-2003) Go West Young Lady, voice of Jane Jetson and played Blondie Horse:???

Bob Steele (1907-1988) co-stars horses name was Sonny

Wesley Tuttle (1917-2003) Horse: ??? none

Jimmy Wakely (1914-1982) Mone over Montana Horse: Lucky

John Wayne (1907-1979) (Riders of Destiny) Horse: Duke

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Ray Whitley (1901-1979) Back in the Saddle Again, and managed James Dean’s character in Giant. Horse: ??? Ki Yo

Tex Williams (1917-1985) Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! Horse: ?????

Bob Wills (1905-1975) Take Me back to Oklahoma – with Tex Ritter Horse: Road a stage coach

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